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Meeting Minutes - Final
Island Strategic Action Committee
Tuesday, November 8,2022 5:30 PM Padre Island Baptist Church
14253 S. padre Island Dr. C.C.TX. 78418
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A. Call To Order
Chair Jay Gardner called the meeting to order at 5:35pm.
B. Roll Call
Present: 9- Chair Jay N. Gardner, Daniel R. Brown III, William Uhlarik, Robert Pruski, Michael
Pittman, Meagan Furey, Robert Corbett, Roy Coons, and Melanie Salinas
Absent: 4- Tommy J. Kurtz, Craig Thompson, Eric Evans, and Charles F. Duffley
C. Public Comment
No public comment.
D. Approval of Minutes and Action on Absences
This was passed.
1. 22-1932 ISAC Minutes 10/11/2022
Attachments: ISAC Legistar Meeting Minutes 10-11-22
G. Unfinished Business
2. 22-0397 Ex-Officio Member Updates
Watershore & Beach Advisory Committee (Terry Palmer)
Didn't meet, will meet this week, and provide an update next month.
Parks & Recreation Committee (Twila Stevens)
There was a meeting with Water Department about Riley P. Dog Park, don't have an
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update yet, still on their agenda to get continuous updates.
Kevin Johnson: Parks serving as liaison for Riley P. Dog Park, working on an addendum
to the agreement to use potable water for irrigation, working that out now, should be done
in the next month or so.
3. 22-0398 Parks Update
Darren Gurley: lost some northside of the beach (nearly 20 feet) in the storm, sand will
work its way back in, 3 new loaders in so more work can be done since they're bigger,
winter wind is blowing the sand into the driving lanes and making drifts so working on
keeping up with those, upgrades to Packery Channel outlooks upcoming so they'll be
better for visitors, few other projects, got some money in the budget for the beaches, will
hopefully be working with TIRZ for bathrooms by Packery pavilion.
Jay Gardner: VisitCC did a great presentation recently and pitched more vendors on the
beach.
DG: there are spaces available we just need the vendors, and they need to fit within the
ordinance (have to be beach-related). Spots rented by the month for two seasons (winter
is October through February and then summer March through September). As long as
you pay it's your spot (sunup to sundown, can't leave anything on the beach). Spread out
along the beach, around $250/month.
JG: any discussion about raising beach user fees?
DG: not that I know of.
4. 22-0399 Engineering & Bond Updates
No updates to report.
5. 22-0400 TIRZ#2 & Subcommittee Updates
Heather Hurlbert: TIRZ board met 10/25 and 11/1, taking extension of TIRZ to council for
another 20 years on 11/15/22, county requested some boundary extensions to include
some county assets, so city is recommending that the boundaries now include the nature
park near Packery and up near Balli park. Areas near Whitecap Development that the
TIRZ was not the same boundary as the PID (Commodore and Aquarius, Whitecap and
Dasmarinas) so they will be pulled into TIRZ, so the PID is wholly contained within it.
Modified the project and financing plans, added a project for the ongoing maintenance of
Packery Channel ($1.5 million per year, $34.6 million total for 20 years with inflation
considered). $11.5 million for reimbursement of public aspects with Whitecap project (2
mobility bridges, bridge at Commodores to connect the existing canal to the new one,
single barrel culvert water exchange under Aquarius, and a mobility bridge at Encantada
over the canal into the development). $150,000 added for a mobility plan to help guide
development of mobility on the island to be used by TxDOT to formulate Park Rd. 22
projects.
There is more work to be done, need to look at revenue projections, moving forward with
100% contribution until more modeling can be had about other needs from the island.
County dropping contribution to 75% for 5 years and then reduce by 5% for 5 years to
come to 50%. TIRZ producing $6 million a year currently and expected to build out to
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$11-15 million a year. Board will start modeling where those future revenues might be
and what projects are needed within the island to determine a contribution rate.
Amendments to the project and financing plan expected, then can regroup with Del Mar
but they are wanting a clear picture of what the project and financing plan will look like.
6. 22-0402 Island ADP Committee Update
Jay Gardner: Subcommittee to sort out which projects to pull out of the ADP by January.
Still need an additional member for the subcommittee.
H. New Business for Discussion and Possible Action
7. 22-1927 Erosion Resolution
Attachments: Joint Resolution-Erosion Response Plan
Jay Gardner: Erosion issues all over the city, made a joint resolution for the city to come
up with an erosion plan for the bay shores, will score higher in future grant applications if
there is an Erosion Master Plan for inland beaches and bay shorelines.
8. 22-1933 Island Elevation & Drainage Discussion
Bob Corbett: Erosion issue from new homes adjacent to older ones (newer home 13'
slab vs. older home 9' slab). Max. recommended grade for foundations is 2.5" per foot.
So you could have a 48" difference across 6 feet, or a 30-degree angle which results in
erosion from one yard to the next. There doesn't seem to be a code to mitigate this.
Seems like an easy thing to fix with a building code (lots of ways to tackle this). Still over
600 empty lots on the island that could be helped with this, it seems the only recourse
right now is to sue your neighbors.
Robert Pruski: the city does require an engineered drainage plan, the engineer who drew
the plan is responsible.
Michael Dice: drainage is a challenge all over the city, require a pre and post survey from
an engineer about how things drain onto the infill lot, that engineer is now responsible,
doesn't have engineers or survey equipment in Development Services (DS) so we base
the approvals on what the engineer says.
MD: DS has met with Builder's Association and discussions are ongoing concerning
different types of construction, will be presenting new codes to council in the new year
with the new council, will change as we review how the drainage plan is working.
BC: older homes flanked by new homes are getting flooded, need a code to limit the
slope.
MD: codes specific to slope are being discussed but DS is looking at alternative means
for builders. The new building code may not fix this problem, we are trying to mitigate
something that wasn't thought through when it was implemented. It will always be a topic
of discussion.
I. Future Agenda Items
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J. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 6:20pm.
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